Nk (letter)

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Nk (lowercase: nk) is a digraph present in many African languages where it is pronounced (IPA) /ŋ͡k/ or /ŋk/.

This digraph is not encoded as a single character in Unicode.

[edit] Usage

The digraph nk is used in the orthography of many Bantu languages like Lingala, Tshiluba or Kikongo in the Congo-Kinshasa.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ L’orthographe des langues de la République démocratique du Congo: entre usages et norme Les cahiers du Rifal, 23.
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